The Issues
Wax Poetics Issue 28, April/May 2008
Al Green gave us some time over the Easter holidays to reminisce about his long career and his recent comeback album, spearheaded by Questlove, James Poyser, and Rich Nichols. Wax Poetics finally caught up with the legendary Q-Tip, who explains what it's like to feel trapped by his past. Buy the Playlist!
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Featured Articles:
Al Green
"We wrote the songs right there on the floor, right when the band was trying to get the changes down. So it was like fresh cream, baby. Wasn't like having some songs sitting twenty years in the closet or nothing."
Q-Tip
"My dad would always impress upon me and my sister to read and write. He would tell us how much of an art form it was for us to write. So he encouraged me to be a writer."
Orlando Julius
"We were mostly successful in Nigeria. But, at that time, I was also interested in funk. I tried to incorporate funk into my music as well. After that, our popularity increased."
Also includes:
Re:Discovery
Quincy Jones, Newkirk, Lebron Brothers, Ndikho Xaba and the Natives, and Delroy Wilson
In Memoriam
Joe Gibbs
Everything Is Illuminated
Flying Lotus follows a familial path to musical enlightenment
On the Beat
Drummer Karriem Riggins does the necessary legwork
Northern Exposure
Shadrach Kabango champions provincial hip-hop
High Art
Franklyn Ajaye blazes a trail for serious comedy
Back to the Future
Dam-Funk stays ahead of the game by dipping into '80s boogie
Notes from the Underground
Soviet-sanctioned record label documented the liberties in Estonian music
Laying It Down
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, James Poyser, and Rich Nichols on the making of Al Green's Lay It Down
Down to Earth
Drummer Doug Hammond grounds the avant-garde in the blues
Jazz Messenger
Phil Ranelin delivers consciousness in tune with the people
The Metamorphosis
Ever-evolving Q-Tip emerges with new sounds
Cuttin' Heads
Headhunters drummer Mike Clark chops it up with Mackrosoft's Aja West
The Journeyman
Saxman J. C. Davis set the tone for JB before making his own path
10 x 10
Ten remarkable 10-inch disco acetates
Cinematic Soul
King Britt screens soundtracks for all settings
Super Session
Studio musician and producer Dan Ubick stays on his grind
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